<a href="/issue73/maclellan-rvw">Book Review: Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management</a>Fiona MacLellan reviews the third edition of Peggy Johnson’s text focusing on a key area for libraries: collection development.<a href="/issue73">issue73</a>February 2015<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/category/authors/fiona-maclellan">fiona maclellan</a><a href="/issue72/sanders-rvw">Book Review: Digital Dieting - From Information Obesity to Intellectual Fitness</a>Kevin Sanders examines Tara Brabazon’s latest analytical work which investigates the proliferation of low-quality information in the digital realm and the issues of excessive reliance on social tools for learning.<a href="/issue72">issue72</a>March 2014<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/16294/author-info">kevin sanders</a><a href="/issue71/jennings-rvw">Book Review: Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources</a>Lizz Jennings reviews a concise and practical guide to marketing library e-resources which offers the busy professional a structured approach to planning a successful campaign.<a href="/issue71">issue71</a>July 2013<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/category/authors/lizz-jennings">lizz jennings</a><a href="/issue71/murphy-rvw">Book Review: University Libraries and Space in the Digital World</a>Hugh Murphy reviews a collection of essays which charts the development and impact of the physical library space and its use in our digital world.<a href="/issue71">issue71</a>July 2013<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/16192/author-info">hugh murphy</a><a href="/issue71/rafiq-rvw">Book Review: The Information Society - A Study of Continuity and Change</a>Muhammad Rafiq offers us a detailed review of a work, now in its sixth edition, which examines the information society, its origin, development, its associated issues and the current landscape.<a href="/issue71">issue71</a>July 2013<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/1052/author-info">muhammad rafiq</a><a href="/issue71/robinson-rvw">Book Review: The New Digital Scholar - Exploring and Enriching the Research and Writing Practices of NextGen Students</a>Julia Robinson reviews a substantial and timely collection of essays related to the research and writing practices of NextGen students. Expressing a call for change in the way educators approach Information Literacy teaching, this book invites the reader to redefine, re-evaluate and reflect on what we think we know about students’ research practices today.<a href="/issue71">issue71</a>July 2013<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/16212/author-info">julia robinson</a><a href="/issue71/tonkin-rvw">Book Review: Crisis Information Management</a>Emma Tonkin offers a review of a thought-provoking overview of crisis informatics.<a href="/issue71">issue71</a>July 2013<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/809/author-info">emma tonkin</a><a href="/issue71/white-rvw">Book Review: Information Consulting - Guide to good practice</a>Martin White reviews a book written by three experienced consultants that seeks to support information professionals in setting themselves up as consultants.<a href="/issue71">issue71</a>July 2013<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/798/author-info">martin white</a><a href="/issue71/will-rvw">Book Review: Powering Search - The Role of Thesauri in New Information Environments</a>Leonard Will reviews a comprehensive survey of the literature on the use of thesauri in information search processes and interfaces.<a href="/issue71">issue71</a>July 2013<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/16189/author-info">leonard will</a><a href="/issue70/aytac-rvw">Book Review: User Studies for Digital Library Development</a>Selenay Aytac reviews a collection of essays on user studies and digital library development that provides a concise overview of a variety of digital library projects and examines major research trends relating to digital libraries.<a href="/issue70">issue70</a>November 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/16096/author-info">selenay aytac</a><a href="/issue70/azzolini-rvw">Book Review: The Embedded Librarian</a>John Azzolini reviews a comprehensive overview of embedded librarianship, a new model of library service that promises to enhance the strategic value of contemporary knowledge work.<a href="/issue70">issue70</a>November 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/1169/author-info">john azzolini</a><a href="/issue70/dobreva-rvw">Book Review: Information 2.0</a>Milena Dobreva reviews the newly published book of Martin de Saulles which looks at the new models of information production, distribution and consumption.<a href="/issue70">issue70</a>November 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/16097/author-info">milena dobreva</a><a href="/issue70/maclellan-rvw">Book Review: Using Mobile Technology to Deliver Library Services</a>Fiona MacLellan reviews a practical guide to mobile technology and its use in delivering library services.<a href="/issue70">issue70</a>November 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/category/authors/fiona-maclellan">fiona maclellan</a><a href="/issue70/oppenheim-rvw">Book Review: The E-copyright Handbook</a>Charles Oppenheim takes a look at the latest of Paul Pedley’s copyright guidance books, and, in some respects, finds it wanting.<a href="/issue70">issue70</a>November 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/220/author-info">charles oppenheim</a><a href="/issue70/white-rvw">Book Review: Understanding Information and Computation</a>Martin White reviews a very individual perspective on the extent to which the growth and structure of the World Wide Web is governed by the fundamental laws of physics and mathematics.<a href="/issue70">issue70</a>November 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/798/author-info">martin white</a><a href="/issue69/aayeshah-rvw">Book Review: Using Games to Enhance Learning and Teaching</a>Wajeehah Aayeshah reviews a comprehensive book on educational games that highlights the attributes of effective games usage but which also identifies the potential problems when using them in a pedagogical context.<a href="/issue69">issue69</a>July 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/category/authors/wajeehah-aayeshah">wajeehah aayeshah</a><a href="/issue69/maclellan-rvw">Book Review: Mob Rule Learning</a>Fiona MacLellan reviews a book which discusses the current unconference phenomenon and highlights the learning opportunities that these environments offer.<a href="/issue69">issue69</a>July 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/category/authors/fiona-maclellan">fiona maclellan</a><a href="/issue69/mchugh-rvw">Book Review: Implementing Technology in Libraries</a>Elizabeth McHugh reviews a first published work that she feels is a straightforward, jargon-free guide on how to implement technology solutions in libraries.<a href="/issue69">issue69</a>July 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/867/author-info">elizabeth mchugh</a><a href="/issue69/rumsey-rvw">Book Review: Managing Research Data</a>Sally Rumsey reviews a book which describes and explains the topics of interest central to practitioners involved with research data management.<a href="/issue69">issue69</a>July 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/545/author-info">sally rumsey</a><a href="/issue69/rusbridge-rvw">Book Review: I, Digital – A History Devoid of the Personal?</a>Chris Rusbridge reviews an edited volume that aims to fill a gap in ‘literature designed specifically to guide archivists’ thinking about personal digital materials’.<a href="/issue69">issue69</a>July 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/439/author-info">chris rusbridge</a><a href="/issue69/whalley-rvw">Book Review: Information Need - A Theory Connecting Information Search to Knowledge Formation</a>Brian Whalley reviews a book about a new theory of ‘information need’ that builds upon the ideas of Allen and Taylor from the 1960s to provide a basis for information searching.<a href="/issue69">issue69</a>July 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/226/author-info">brian whalley</a><a href="/issue69/white-rvw">Book Review: Getting Started with Cloud Computing</a>Martin White reviews a collection of essays on cloud computing that attempts to clarify the technology and its applications for librarians and information professionals.<a href="/issue69">issue69</a>July 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/798/author-info">martin white</a><a href="/issue68/azzolini-rvw">Book Review: The Future of Archives and Recordkeeping</a>John Azzolini reviews an anthology of perceptive essays on the challenges presented to archival thought and practice by Web 2.0, postmodern perspectives, and cross-disciplinary interchanges.<a href="/issue68">issue68</a>March 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/1169/author-info">john azzolini</a><a href="/issue68/davies-rvw">Book Review: From Lending to Learning</a>Tim Davies reviews a spirited defence of public libraries, which tries to define their core purpose and which argues for a re-positioning of their place in society.<a href="/issue68">issue68</a>March 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/15038/author-info">tim davies</a><a href="/issue68/lafortune-rvw">Book Review: University Libraries and Digital Learning Environments</a>Sylvie Lafortune reviews a collection of essays that examine the transformation of academic libraries as they become part of digital learning environments.<a href="/issue68">issue68</a>March 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/973/author-info">sylvie lafortune</a><a href="/issue68/paschoud-rvw">Book Review: Being an Information Innovator</a>John Paschoud reviews a book which formalises the processes of being what many of us would like to be within our information-based organisations - innovators and entrepreneurs of the Information Age.<a href="/issue68">issue68</a>March 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/622/author-info">john paschoud</a><a href="/issue68/tonkin-rvw">Book Review: Making Software - What Really Works, and Why We Believe It</a>While acknowledging the genuine usefulness of much of its content, Emma Tonkin provides helpful pointers towards a second edition.<a href="/issue68">issue68</a>March 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/809/author-info">emma tonkin</a><a href="/issue68/white-rvw">Book Review: Innovations in Information Retrieval</a>Martin White reviews a collection of essays on a wide range of current topics and challenges in information retrieval.<a href="/issue68">issue68</a>March 2012<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/798/author-info">martin white</a><a href="/issue67/azzolini-rvw">Book Review: Envisioning Future Academic Library Services</a>John Azzolini reviews a timely collection of essays that highlights the values of institutional leadership and resourcefulness in academic librarianship's engagements with Web 2.0.<a href="/issue67">issue67</a>July 2011<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/1169/author-info">john azzolini</a><a href="/issue67/day-rvw">Book Review: Preparing Collections for Digitization</a>Michael Day reviews a recently published book on the selection and preparation of archive and library collections for digitisation.<a href="/issue67">issue67</a>July 2011<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/407/author-info">michael day</a><a href="/issue67/lafortune-rvw">Book Review: The Expert Library</a>Sylvie Lafortune reviews a book taking a hard look at academic libraries, how they are being redefined and what skills will be required of the staff who will move them forward.<a href="/issue67">issue67</a>July 2011<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/973/author-info">sylvie lafortune</a><a href="/issue66/clifford-rvw">Book Review: Introducing RDA</a>Katrina Clifford reviews a work covering the long-heralded change in the cataloguing rule set - RDA (Resource Description and Access).<a href="/issue66">issue66</a>January 2011<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/1150/author-info">katrina clifford</a><a href="/issue66/coelho-rvw">Book Review: The Myths of Innovation</a>Lina Coelho takes a look at Scott Berkun's challenging view of what innovation and creativity really mean.<a href="/issue66">issue66</a>January 2011<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/716/author-info">lina coelho</a><a href="/issue66/cope-rvw">Book Review: Blogging and RSS - A Librarian's Guide, 2nd Edition</a>Elly Cope reviews the second edition of this book in which the author explains how RSS and blogging can be used by librarians and libraries.<a href="/issue66">issue66</a>January 2011<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/1139/author-info">elly cope</a><a href="/issue66/rafiq-rvw">Book Review: Practical Open Source Software for Libraries</a>Muhammad Rafiq takes a look at a work on the open source community and open source software.<a href="/issue66">issue66</a>January 2011<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/1052/author-info">muhammad rafiq</a><a href="/issue65/mackay-rvw">Book Review: Acquisitions in the New Information Universe</a>Eilidh Mackay reviews a work which takes a concept-based approach to contemporary acquisitions practices.<a href="/issue65">issue65</a>October 2010<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/1140/author-info">eilidh mackay</a><a href="/issue65/oppenheim-rvw">Book Review: Introductory Concepts in Information Science</a>Charles Oppenheim takes a look at an introduction to Information Science but fails to be impressed.<a href="/issue65">issue65</a>October 2010<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/220/author-info">charles oppenheim</a><a href="/issue65/tonkin-rvw">Book Review: The Accidental Taxonomist</a>Emma Tonkin takes a look at a book on the work of the taxonomist and notes both merits and disappointments.<a href="/issue65">issue65</a>October 2010<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/809/author-info">emma tonkin</a><a href="/issue65/white-rvw">Conference Review: M-Libraries 2, A Virtual Library in Everyone's Pocket</a>Martin White reviews the proceedings of a 2009 M-Libraries conference on mobile applications in libraries.<a href="/issue65">issue65</a>October 2010<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/798/author-info">martin white</a><a href="/issue65/whalley-rvw">Book Review: Learning with Online and Mobile Technologies</a>Brian Whalley looks at a student survival aid in the information age that should also be valuable for tutors.<a href="/issue65">issue65</a>October 2010<a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a><a href="/taxonomy/term/226/author-info">brian whalley</a>